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ESIIL Innovation Summit - Agenda

Big Data for Environmental Resilience and Adaptation
Date: May 13-16, 2024
Location: SEEC Auditorium, University of Colorado Boulder
Summit Website

Goals of the 2024 ESIIL Innovation Summit

  • Explore big data for environmental resilience and adaptation by identifying data synthesis opportunities and utilizing ESIIL cloud-compute capabilities.
  • Promote best practices in ethical, open science, by supporting accessibility and usability of environmental data by all stakeholders.
  • Champion ethical and equitable practices in environmental science, honoring data sovereignty and encouraging the responsible use of AI.
  • Support diverse and inclusive teams by establishing collaborations around data-inspired themes across different disciplines, sectors, career stages, and backgrounds.
  • Encourage the co-production of environmental knowledge with communities that are experiencing significant environmental challenges.

Day Zero - May 13th

Time Event Location
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT Leadership Program S372 (Viz Studio)
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT Auditorium Set Up: Tables, Questions, Handouts, etc. SEEC Auditorium
12:00 - 1:00 PM MDT Facilitators Lunch
1:00 or 1:30 PM MDT Concurrent Optional Activities NEON Tour, HIKE
3:00 - 5:00 PM MDT Early Registration opens SEEC Atrium
3:00 - 4:00 PM MDT Technical Help Desk SEEC Auditorium
4:00 - 6:00 PM MDT Social Mixer SEEC Cafe

Day One - May 14th

Time Event Location
8:30 AM MDT Registration SEEC Atrium
9:00 AM MDT Welcome & Opening Ceremony SEEC Auditorium
9:35 AM MDT Logistics and Planning Team Introductions SEEC Auditorium
9:45 AM MDT Positive Polarities SEEC Auditorium
10:00 AM MDT Navigating Miscommunications SEEC Auditorium
10:15 AM MDT Creating a shared language SEEC Auditorium
10:30 AM MDT Break SEEC Atrium
10:45 AM MDT Science of Team Science SEEC Auditorium
11:05 AM MDT Big Data for Resilience SEEC Auditorium
11:45 AM MDT Q&A SEEC Auditorium
12:15 PM MDT Group Photo SEEC Atrium
12:30 PM MDT Lunch SEEC Atrium
1:30 PM MDT Leveraging NEON to Understand Ecosystem Resilience Across Scales SEEC Auditorium
1:45 PM MDT Explore Topics in Resilience and Adaptation SEEC Auditorium
3:15 PM MDT Break SEEC Atrium
3:30 PM MDT Team Breakouts: Innovation Time Rooms available: S124, S127, S221, etc.
4:20 PM MDT Report Back SEEC Auditorium
4:50 PM MDT Whole Group Reflection SEEC Auditorium
4:55 PM MDT Day 1 Evaluation SEEC Auditorium
5:00 PM MDT Day 1 Close SEEC Auditorium

Day Two - May 15th

Time Event Location
8:30 AM MDT Coffee & Tea SEEC Atrium
9:00 AM MDT Welcome Back SEEC Auditorium
9:20 AM MDT AI Research for Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability SEEC Auditorium
9:35 PM MDT Prepare for the day SEEC Auditorium
9:50 AM MDT Team Breakouts: Innovation Time Breakout Spaces with your Team
12:30 PM MDT Lunch SEEC Atrium
1:30 PM MDT Working Through the Groan Zone SEEC Auditorium
1:50 PM MDT Team Breakouts: Innovation Time Breakout Spaces with your Team
4:10 PM MDT Report Back SEEC Auditorium
4:50 PM MDT Whole Group Reflection SEEC Auditorium
5:00 PM MDT Day 2 Close

Day Three - May 16th

Time Event Location
8:30 AM MDT Coffee & Tea SEEC Atrium
9:00 AM MDT Welcome Back SEEC Auditorium
9:15 AM MDT Final Team Breakout: Prepare for the Final Report Back Breakout Spaces with your Team
9:45 AM MDT Final Break SEEC Atrium
10:00 AM MDT Final Report back SEEC Auditorium
11:20 AM MDT What’s Next? SEEC Auditorium
11:35 AM MDT Final Reflection SEEC Auditorium
11:50 PM MDT Closing SEEC Auditorium

Last update: 2024-10-15